FEATURE
F
ormula 1 had been braced for crashes and
mayhem in Azerbaijan’s grand prix debut but
instead the drivers defied all expectations and
barely put a wheel out of place, but in the end what
was expected to be a thriller in Baku – a challenging
street circuit admired by all the drivers – ended up
being a yawn for race fans.
The safety car never left the pit lane, there were
no accidents and none of the four cars that failed to
finish hit anything. It was all a bit of an anti-climax, if
also a relief that nobody go
“It was a bit unexpecte
up by saying it could be th
was, however, pretty unev
Daniel Ricciardo.
Maybe, as some sugge
earlier GP2 support series
derby had influenced their
“I think all the drivers p
GP2 race, scared themselv